Human rights

Steve Coogan shares his big issue: ‘I am worried about how Reform UK are anti-human rights’
Film

Steve Coogan shares his big issue: ‘I am worried about how Reform UK are anti-human rights’

While his new film Saipan focusing on the battle between Roy Keane and Mick McCarthy, actor Steve Coogan fears for the future of the world order

I was born intersex but it was kept secret from me my whole life. I still live with the trauma
Intersex

I was born intersex but it was kept secret from me my whole life. I still live with the trauma

Channel 4 documentary The Secret of Me will tell the story of Jim Ambrose, who was born intersex but not told by his parents or medical professionals. He hopes it will help others feel less alone at a time when this is still happening

I’m a survivor of female genital mutilation. We must get serious about ending this practice
Valerie Lolomari

I’m a survivor of female genital mutilation. We must get serious about ending this practice

Valerie Lolomari, who was recently been awarded an MBE for her work helping survivors of FGM, writes about why language around it can be so dangerous for women and girls

There’s a looming crisis for trans and non-binary survivors of domestic abuse
Melissa

There’s a looming crisis for trans and non-binary survivors of domestic abuse

Abortion is close to decriminalisation. But how quickly can rights and progress be rolled back?
Abortion

Abortion is close to decriminalisation. But how quickly can rights and progress be rolled back?

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Universal credit is back in the dock – this time at the United Nations
Rick Burgess and Alex Firth

Universal credit is back in the dock – this time at the United Nations

I know all too well what it means when men like Donald Trump say that torture works
Kolbassia Haoussou

I know all too well what it means when men like Donald Trump say that torture works

Mental Health Bill leaves ‘dangerous gaps’ which could threaten our human rights
Dr Thomas Peck

Mental Health Bill leaves ‘dangerous gaps’ which could threaten our human rights

What really happens in China’s so-called ‘re-education’ camps: ‘There was suffering and violence’
China

What really happens in China’s so-called ‘re-education’ camps: ‘There was suffering and violence’

We took the UK government to court to defend the right to protest – and won. Here’s what it means
Katy Watts

We took the UK government to court to defend the right to protest – and won. Here’s what it means

Israel’s aid blockade is pushing people in Gaza to the brink of survival. It must be lifted – now
Riham Jafari

Israel’s aid blockade is pushing people in Gaza to the brink of survival. It must be lifted – now

Femi Kuti on Afrobeat, protest and his legendary father: ‘The trumpet felt like an Uzi’
Music

Femi Kuti on Afrobeat, protest and his legendary father: ‘The trumpet felt like an Uzi’

UK’s ‘cruel’ benefits system is ‘ruining lives’ and ‘violating human rights’, Amnesty report finds
Benefits

UK’s ‘cruel’ benefits system is ‘ruining lives’ and ‘violating human rights’, Amnesty report finds

I was trafficked and forced to work 23 hours a day. How was I meant to return to normality?
Modern slavery

I was trafficked and forced to work 23 hours a day. How was I meant to return to normality?

The UN’s damning verdict on UK poverty must inspire us to force change
Jen Clark

The UN’s damning verdict on UK poverty must inspire us to force change

UN calls on Labour to increase benefits and scrap two-child limit in UK poverty crisis warning
Human rights

UN calls on Labour to increase benefits and scrap two-child limit in UK poverty crisis warning

‘Dictators die, the people live on’: What Syria’s revolution means for those who fled Assad’s regime
Syria

‘Dictators die, the people live on’: What Syria’s revolution means for those who fled Assad’s regime

Being a survivor of torture in the UK is hard – but writing gave me back my boldness and courage
Tanya

Being a survivor of torture in the UK is hard – but writing gave me back my boldness and courage

‘Shameful’ Saudi Arabia to be 2034 World Cup hosts. It’s a ‘moment of great danger’ for human rights
Sportswashing

‘Shameful’ Saudi Arabia to be 2034 World Cup hosts. It’s a ‘moment of great danger’ for human rights

Hunger is a violation of our basic human rights – we should be outraged by UK’s food bank crisis
Alex Firth

Hunger is a violation of our basic human rights – we should be outraged by UK’s food bank crisis

Amazonian activist Nemonte Nenquimo on a life under threat and people’s ignorance to the rainforest
Nemonte Nenquimo

Amazonian activist Nemonte Nenquimo on a life under threat and people’s ignorance to the rainforest

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My family faced hell on earth in Gaza. Leaving was their only option for survival
Israel-Gaza war

My family faced hell on earth in Gaza. Leaving was their only option for survival

DWP faces ‘outrage’ and ‘paranoia’ if it continues plans to ‘spy’ on bank accounts
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP faces ‘outrage’ and ‘paranoia’ if it continues plans to ‘spy’ on bank accounts

Tens of thousand sign petition against DWP plan to snoop on benefit claimants’ bank accounts
Department for Work and Pensions

Tens of thousand sign petition against DWP plan to snoop on benefit claimants’ bank accounts

‘I urinated myself in the opticians’: UK’s public toilet crisis makes disabled people feel like ‘prisoners’
Public toilets

‘I urinated myself in the opticians’: UK’s public toilet crisis makes disabled people feel like ‘prisoners’